Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics in young/premenopausal and older/postmenopausal males and females

	Young/Premenopausal		Older/Postmenopausal		Effects, p(partial-η2)
	Male (n = 53)	Female (n = 61)	Male (n = 78)	Female (n = 70)	Age	Sex	Agexsex
Age, yr	39 ± 9	37 ± 10	65 ± 7	65 ± 7	<0.001 (0.73)	0.21 (0.01)	0.15 (0.01)
BMI, kg/m2	28.7 ± 4.8	24.7 ± 4.1*	27.1 ± 3.4	26.5 ± 4.3†	0.77 (0.00)	<0.001 (0.07)	<0.01 (0.04)
Body fat, %a	21.6 ± 7.2	28.3 ± 9.9	28.9 ± 9.9	33.2 ± 10.5	<0.001 (0.09)	<0.001 (0.07)	0.26 (0.00)
Antihypertensive use, n(%)	3 (5.7)	3 (4.9)	29 (37.2)†	24 (34.3)†	<0.001	0.55	<0.001
Statin use, n(%)	1 (1.9)	0 (0.0)	29 (37.2)†	11 (15.7)†*	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Oral contraceptive use,b n(%)	—	7 (11.7)	—	0 (0.0)	<0.001	—	—

Values are means ± SD. BMI, body mass index.

^aYoung male n = 48, premenopausal female n = 49, older male n = 78, postmenopausal female n = 70;

^bYoung-female n = 60, old-female n = 70.

^*P < 0.05 vs. within-age males;

^†P < 0.05 vs. young within-sex.